Recent content by peebles32

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    Old UK wiring

    No but I'm going to order one just now
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    Old UK wiring

    No everything else works fine.....
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    Old UK wiring

    ok it was disconnected because the idiot previous occupiers installed a huge freestanding woodburning stove and had fireproof plasterboard etc fitted over the socket(and an adjoining TV socket)we have just had the stove and plasterboard and stone plinth removed as it was improperly installed and...
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    Old UK wiring

    Many thanks will try to get a picture of the consumer unit etc later but it looks fairly up to date (we had our previous house rewired completely a few years ago and it looks very similar....)
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    Old UK wiring

    Haha thanks for your reply; the socket front had been removed completely...the sleeved earth wire is connected to the back box....
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    Old UK wiring

    Just moved into a late 1980s house with the old black and red wiring. Discovered a double socket which has 2 red 2 black and 1 sleeved earth but also 2 unsleeved copper wires twisted together just before I get a local electrician in I'd like to know where the 2 unsleeved wires would have gone...

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